Is AGM A Good Stock To Buy Now?

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In this article we will analyze whether Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AGM) is a good investment right now by following the lead of some of the best investors in the world and piggybacking their ideas. There's no better way to get these firms' immense resources and analytical capabilities working for us than to follow their lead into their best ideas. While not all of these picks will be winners, our research shows that these picks historically outperformed the market by double digits annually.

Is AGM a good stock to buy now? Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AGM) has experienced an increase in activity from the world's largest hedge funds lately. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AGM) was in 11 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2020. The all time high for this statistics is 11. This means the bullish number of hedge fund positions in this stock currently sits at its all time high. There were 8 hedge funds in our database with AGM holdings at the end of June. Our calculations also showed that AGM isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video for a quick look at the top 5 stocks).

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In today’s marketplace there are a large number of signals market participants use to assess stocks. A duo of the best signals are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment. Our experts have shown that, historically, those who follow the best picks of the top fund managers can outclass their index-focused peers by a solid margin (see the details here).

Cruiser Capital Advisors' Returns, AUM and Holdings
Cruiser Capital Advisors' Returns, AUM and Holdings

Keith Rosenbloom of Cruiser Capital Advisors

At Insider Monkey we scour multiple sources to uncover the next great investment idea. For example, Federal Reserve has been creating trillions of dollars electronically to keep the interest rates near zero. We believe this will lead to inflation and boost real estate prices. So, we recommended this real estate stock to our monthly premium newsletter subscribers. We go through lists like the 15 best blue chip stocks to pick the best large-cap stocks to buy. Even though we recommend positions in only a tiny fraction of the companies we analyze, we check out as many stocks as we can. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. You can subscribe to our free daily newsletter on our website. With all of this in mind we're going to take a glance at the latest hedge fund action surrounding Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AGM).